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I mean, so? Crypto isn't an investment. I haven't heard a plausible theory why its value would increase over time. It'll be lucky if the equilibrium position is value holding steady.



“not an investment” is an interesting way to describe financial instruments that are being marketed as investment vehicles.

These are not magic words; repeating them does not make one immune from regulation/prosecution.


Crypto is an asset with no yield and a maintenance cost in keeping the network running. That doesn't sound like a very promising investment. If any asset counts an an investment then sure, it is that. But it isn't going to be a money maker.

Over time it is probably going to behave more like savings. The price looks like it might be stabilising with respect to gold which is an interesting thing [0].

[0] https://www.longtermtrends.net/bitcoin-vs-gold/




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